Joel Reagan talks with Amy Hopkins, Director of Centralia Public Library, serving Centralia, and providing library materials, programs, and services to the community. Hopkins discusses books, digital resources, youth and adult programs, hotspots, STEM kits, and Missouri Evergreen. The library works to serve as a community center while expanding access to millions of materials statewide. Programming includes story times, clubs, crafts, creative writing, and special events. Remarkably for a small library, it is open seven days a week. (centraliapubliclibrary.com)
Original airdate: 10/11/2026
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Joel joined K-LOVE in 2010 and he covers U.S. central states including major markets Tulsa, Oklahoma City and Kansas City.
